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Rh ir are nffon KINGS WALDEN. 477 KINGTON. are held every Monday, also a court to try harbour offences every Tuesday." Thp seneschal of the Glasnevin and Grangegorman manorial court sits on alternate Fridays for the recovery of debts within this district. The chief business is in connection with the fisheries, and in the cross channel trade, consisting of the export of cattle, corn, granite, and lead ore, and the importa- tion of timber, coal, and iron. The chief residences in the neighbourhood are, Granite Hall, Northumberland Lodge, Wellington Lodge, Plunkett Lodge, Carrig Castle, Fairyland, &c. KINGS WALDEN, a par. in the hund. of Hitchin, CO. Herts, 4 miles S.W. of Hitchin, and 2 from St. Pauls Walden, its post town. The village, which is considerable, is a verj ancient place, and was once held by Earl Harold. It is very stragglingly built. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Rochester, val. 82. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is a commo- dious structure with a square tower containing six bells. There are three schools for both sexes, supported by C. C. Hall, Esq., who is lord of the manor. KINGSWEAR, a par. in the hund. of Haytor, co. Devon, half a mile S.E. of Dartmouth, its post town, 4 miles S. of Brixham, and 10i S. of Torquay. It has a station on the Torquay branch of the South Devon rail- way. Tho village, which is small, is situated at the mouth of the river Dart, and on the eastern side of Dartmouth Harbour. It has the ruins of an old fort, taken by Fairfax in 1G46, and on the brow of a hill near {he village are some remains of military works. Kings- Wear is considered very invigorating to persons of con- tamptivo or delicate constitution. The impropriate tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of 4, and the vicarial for 7 1>5. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Exeter, val. 87, in the patron, of the crown. The church, dedicated to St. Thomas-a-Becket, is a stone structure, rebuilt, in 1847, with the exception of the tower, which contains a clock and three bells. It con- tains a very old rhyming epitaph in French. The paro- chial chanties produce about 23 per annum. John Fownes Lutterell, Esq., is lord of the manor. KING'S WEIR, an ext. par. place adjoining tho par. of Woolvercott, co. Oxford, 2 miles N. of Oxford. KINGSWESTON, a tythg. in the par. of Henbury, lower div. of the hund. of Berkeley, co. Gloucester, 3 miles N.W. of Bristol. Kingsweston House is the principal residence. It formerly belonged to Lord de Clifford, but is now the seat of P. Miles, Esq., M.P. It is situated under Pen-Pole Hill, from which a view of the surrounding country may bo obtained. It contains a fine picture gallery. KINGSWINFORD, a par. and small town in the N. div. of the hnnd. of Seisdon, co. Stafford, 3 miles W. of Dudley, its post town, 3 N. of Stourbridge, and 13 N.W. of Birmingham. The par., which is considerable, is rifaated on the Stafford and Worcester canal, and con- tains the hmlts. of Bromley, Pensnett, Street End, Worsl.-y, Wall Heath, and Holly Hall. It formerly belonged to the Saxon kings. Quarrybank, Brockmoor, MI 1 I', nsett are now separate parishes taken out of this parish under Sir Robert Peel's Act. Here are extensive coal and iron mines, potteries, glass and wire works, ibrick and tile kilns, malting, nail-making, &c., which give considerable employment to tho inhabitants. It Icontains Stonrbridgo union poorhouse and a savings- I ank. The living is a rect.* in tho dioc. of Lichfield, val. n,00. In addition to the parish church there are sir lirtrict churches viz. St. Mary's, Brierley Hill, Hart's - kmoor, Pensnett, and Quarry bank. The church, ^dedicated to the Holy Trinity, at the death of the rector, j.n 1831, became locally the parish church of Kingswin- ,'ord by Act of Parliament, and the old church was made ] i chapcl-of-ease, adjoining the new parsonage, at Words- >)'. The parochial charities produce about 21 per mnum. Here are National and infant schools. The 'lents, Wesleyans, and Primitive Methodists have p. The Earl of Dudley is lord of the At Kingswinford and Clcnt the inhabitants are I VOL. ii. exempt from serving on juries. Holbeche House, the ancient seat of the Littleton family, was tho retreat of Catesby and other conspirators in the Gunpowder Plot. At Ashwood Heath, which is traversed by the Roman road, are remains of a camp. KINGSWOOD, a lib. in the par. of Ewell, first div. of the hund. of Reigate, co. Surrey, 6 miles S.E. of Epsom, its post town, and 3J N.W. of Reigate. It is a separate ecclesiastical district, comprising parts of the pars, of Ewell and Baustead. Tho living is a perpet. cur.* in the dioc. of Winchester, val. 100. The church, dedicated to St. Andrew, is a cruciform struc- ture with a square embattled tower containing six bells. The church has been recently erected, at an outlay of i'6,000, defrayed by Thomas Alcock, Esq., who is also the founder and supporter of the National schools. KINGSWOOD, a, hmlt. in tho par. of Ludgershall, hund. of Ashendon, co. Bucks, 9 miles N.W. of Ayles- bury. It is a small agricultural place. KINGSWOOD, a tnshp. in the par. of Deljimere, first div. of the hund. of Eddisbury, co. Chester, 3 miles S. of Frodsham, and 4 N.W. of Delamere. Tho soil is a light sandy loam. The chief part of this tnshp. is owned by the crown. KINGSWOOD, a hmlt. in the chplry. of Oldland, par. of Bitton, co. Gloucester, 4 miles E. of Bristol. It is situated near the river Avon, and the Bristol and Gloucester railway, on the borders of Kingswood Forest. The village, which is considerable, is chiefly inhabited by colliers and hat-makers. The living is a perpet. cur. * in the dioc. of Bath and Wells, val. 101, in the patron, of the Prebend of Bitton. The church is dedicated to the Holy Trinity. KINGSWOOD, a hmlt. in the pars, of Lap worth and Rowington, co. Warwick, 4 miles N.E. of Henley-in- Arden. It is a station on tho Oxford, Warwick, and Birmingham branch of the Great Western railway, and is intersected by the Birmingham and Stratford-on- Avon canal. KINGSWOOD, a tnshp. in tho par. of Stottesden, co. Salop, 3 miles W. of Bewdley. KINGSWOOD, a hmlt. in the par. of Stogumber, co. Somerset, 4 miles S.E. of Watchet. KINGSWOOD, a par. and tnshp. in the hund. of Chippenham, co. Gloucester, 1 mile S.W. of Wootton- under-Edgo, its post town, and 2 miles from the Char- field station, on the Bristol and Birmingham railway. It was once forest, and has the gatehouse and other remains of a Cistercian priory, founded in 1139 by Roger Ber- keley, as a cell to Tyntern Abbey. The site was given by Queen Elizabeth to the Thynnes. Previous to 1814 it formed part of tho county of Wilts, but is now annexed to Gloucester. The village is considerable, and many of the inhabitants in the cloth trade. There are woollen cloth factories at Kingswood Mills, Nind Mills, and Park Mills, also a brewery. Tho living is a perpet. cur.* in the dioc. of Gloucester and Bristol, val. 99, in the patron, of the inhabitants. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is an ancient stone structure with one bell. It contains an ancient font, and tombs of the Berkeley family. There are schools for boys and infants. The Wesleyans and Independents have chapels. R. H. Blagden Hale, Esq., is lord of tho manor. KINGSWOOD FIELDS, a hmlt. in the par. of Shot- wick, co. Chester, 5 miles N.W. of Chester. ' KINGTHORPE, a tnshp. in the par. of Pickering, wap. of Pickering Lythe, North Riding co. York, 3 miles N.E. of Pickering, and 12 N. of Malton. The land is chiefly arable, and the soil sand and loam. Colonel Fothergill is lord of the manor and chief landowner. Kingthorpe Hall is tho principal residence. KINGTON, a tythg. in the par. of Thornbury, lower div. of the hnnd. of Thornbury, co. Gloucester, 1 mile W. of Thornbury, situated near the Bristol and Glou- cester railway. KINGTON, a tnshp. in the par. of Leintwardino, hund. of Wigmore, co. Hereford, 6 miles W. of Ludlow. It is a email agricultural place. KINGTON, n par. in tho upper div. of tho hund. of 3r
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